2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Kahle, Nick
INF
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballINF/OF
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballINF/C
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballRHP/DH
/ BaseballRHP
/ Baseball
Jersey Number 16
Nick Kahle
- Position:
- Catcher
- Bats/Throws:
- R
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Simi Valley, Calif.
- High School:
- Chaminade High School
Bio
2019 MLB Draft - Milwaukee Brewers,ย 4th round, 133rd overall
2019 Buster Posey National Catcher of the Year Semifinalist
2019 All-Pac-12
2019 All-Pac-12 Defensive Team Honorable Mention
2019 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
2019 Collegiate Baseball Preseason Third-Team All-American
2018 All-Pac-12
2018 Johnny Bench Midseason Watch List
PERSONALย
Parents are Michelle and Nico Kahle.ย
WASHINGTON
2019 (Junior):ย Named All-Pac-12 for second consecutive season, only the second UW catcher to be so named in back-to-back years (Joey Morgan, 2016-17) ...ย broke UW's single-season record with 59 walks and led team with .339 average, .532 slugging percentage, .506 on-base percentage, 50 RBI and was second with 58 hits, 38 runs, 8 home runs and nine doubles ... also earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 Defensive team recognition ...ย Buster Posey Catcher of the Year Semifinalist andย Midseason Golden Spikes Award watch list ... named to UW's Dean List after 3.73 GPA in winter ... one of two Huskies to start all 52 games (48 C, 4 DH), and finished his junior year with 113 straight starts (107 at C, 4 at DH, 2 at LF) ... 16 multi-hit games (38 career), team-high 15 multi-RBI games, 17 multi-walk games ... reached base in 49 of 52 games, including 18-straight to end the season ... 103 career walks ranks tied for 8th all-time in UW history ... +31 walk to strikeout ratio (59/28) ...ย regular-season Pac-12 ranks: 2nd walks (59 - T6th nationally), 3rd ob% (.506 - 11th nationally), 11th RBI (50) ... led team and ranked 4th in the Conference with a .375 average in Pac-12 play ... was 3x8 with 2 doubles in season finale vs. Cal ... 1x9 with walks in each game at UCLAย ... was 4x12, 3 HR, 7 RBI 10 BB in 5-game homestand, May 8-13 ... 1x3, RBI vs. New Mexico State ... 3x7, 7 BB in Utah series, including first multi-homer game on Friday (2x3, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R) ... ย 2x12, 3 RBI vs. WSU ...ย 1x1, 2-run double, 3 BB vs. Seattle U on Tuesday ... 3x9 in ASU series with 6 BB and 3 RBI, all in GM2 ... had 10-game hit streak from Mar. 30-April 15 (17x37, .459 avg, 3 HR, 10 RBI) snapped in GM1 vs. BYU ย (0x9, BB total) ...ย recorded 5th 3-hit game Monday at Santa Clara (3x6, 2 RBI) ... 4x11, 2 BB at Stanford ... 4x9, 2 HR, 2B, 3 RBI at Arizona ...ย 5x12, HR, 5 RBI vs. OSU, including 4x5, HR and 3 RBI in series finale ...ย 2x5 with 3 RBI at Gonzaga ... 5x9 vs. USC with 5 BB, H, 4 RBI, including all 3 in UW's 3-2 win Sunday ...ย collected 3 hits twice at Oregon (6x10 overall, 5 BB)ย ... hit 10x20 with 11 RBI and 7 runs scored (.750 slg%, .625 ob%) during UW's 7-game win streak ...ย was 4x8, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R, 5 BB, HBP in Cal Poly series, where he moved up to 2nd in the batting order ... 5x8, HR, 8 RBI vs. N. Colo, including 2x2, 6 RBI, HR in 25-8 win ... 3x11 vs. UC Irvine, 3-run HR in season opening win ...ย Collegiate Baseball Preseason Third Team All-American.ย
2018 (Sophomore):ย 2018 All-Pac-12 Selection, Johnny Bench Award watch list ... was the only Husky to play and start in all 61 games (reached base safely in 54 games) ... hit .293, 6 home runs (all since May 12) and 37 RBI ... led team with 20 doubles and 31 walks (also 31 strikeouts)... caught 536 of a possible 553 (96.9%) innings behind the plate ... hit team-best .336 in Pac-12 play ... was 7th in the Pac-12 with 20 doubles (2nd most ever by a UW catcher, Dominic Woody, 22 in '99) ... was 9-for-32ย (.281) with two HR, eight RBI and team-high nine runs in post-season, including 2x7 in CWS ... was 1x3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs in season-finale vs. OSU ... 4 x12 vs. CS Fullerton, including 3 hits in GM1 and a HR in GM3 ...was 3x13 at Conway Regional, including a grand-slam HR and 2x5, 5 RBI game in win over Coastal Carolina ... was 3x9 vs. Stanford, hitting a 3-run, first-inning HR in the team's 4-2 series-clinching win in game two ...ย was 2x5, HR, 2B, career-high tying 5 RBI in series finale at Utah ...ย had streak of reaching base safely in 18-straight games snapped May 15 vs. Portland ... 3x12 vs. UCLA with first 2 homers of the year ...ย 1x11 at ASU wtih 3 BB and has reached base safely in 15-straight gamesย ... recorded 5th game with 3+ hits Tues at Seattle U (3x5, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI) ... hit .357 in April ... was 5x9 vs. WSU including 3 hits on Friday ...ย vs. Cal was 4x9, 4 R, only RBI was game-winner in 10th inning ...ย team-best 6x14 (.429) in Oregon series ... 2x4, 2B (11), RBI, 2 runs, including go-ahead run on MacIver HR in 5-3 win vs. Gonzaga ...ย 6x12 at USC and 1x3 at San Diego State ... 2x8 at OSU ...ย 3x11, 2B, RBI vs. Arizona ...ย 3x14, 3 2B vs. Ill St. ...ย 4x13 in DQ Classic ... hits in all 3 games vs. UC Riverside, including a career high 4x4 in series finale ... 1x4 with 2 RBI in series opener vs. Sacramento State, had 3 RBI in 4 starts.
2017 (Freshman): Led all UW freshmen with 29 starts (13 DH, 6 catcher, 10 left field) and 20 RBI and was voted Newcomer of the Year by teammatesย ... played in 34 overallย games, hitting .227/.325/.330 with two home runs, multi-RBIs in five games, multi-hits 6 times ... 3x6 in vs. ASU, including 3 RBI, 2 2Bs ...ย ย made 1st career startย in LF in series opener vs. Oregon State on April 13 ... was 1x4 in LA trip, including 1x3, RBI at LMU ... drove in 3 runs and had a RBI in at Oregon ... 2x5, RBI Mar. 22 at Gonzagaย ... 1x4, RBI in lone start vs. Utah ... missed 5 games in early April with hand injury ...ย hits in each of first five starts ...4x9, 4 runs, RBI in 3 games at St. Mary's ... incredible collegiate debut going 2x4 with a 3-run HR, 2B and 5 RBI in collegiate debut at Santa Clara on Feb. 19.
CHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOLย
Named Mission League MVP, First Team All-State, First Team CIF as a senior ... was 119th overall prospect nationally by Perfect Game ... named to the California Area Code team โฆ as a junior, hit .421 with 23 RBI and 2 home runs โฆ played in 23 games as a freshman and had a .370 batting averageโฆ defensively, committed no errors in three years on 94 chancesโฆ 2015 Perfect Game All American Third Teamโฆ made USA Baseball 17u National Team Development Programโฆ played summer ball for California Baseball Academy (CBA) Marucciโฆ team won the 2015 17u WWBA National Championshipโฆ named co-MVP of the tournament.
GETTING TO KNOW NICK KAHLE
Possible career pursuits outside baseball?
Either a phsyical therapist or a baseball agent.ย
Favorite Movies?
The Sandlot and American Sniper
What was your greatest baseball memory?
Winning the Mission league championship at my high school
Why do you love baseball?
Because I think it is the toughest sport to succeed in and there is nothing like the sound of the bat and pop of the glove.ย
Why did you choose Washington?
I choose Washington because of the great coaching staff along with the facilities and the opportunity of a respected education.
2019 Buster Posey National Catcher of the Year Semifinalist
2019 All-Pac-12
2019 All-Pac-12 Defensive Team Honorable Mention
2019 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
2019 Collegiate Baseball Preseason Third-Team All-American
2018 All-Pac-12
2018 Johnny Bench Midseason Watch List
PERSONALย
Parents are Michelle and Nico Kahle.ย
WASHINGTON
2019 (Junior):ย Named All-Pac-12 for second consecutive season, only the second UW catcher to be so named in back-to-back years (Joey Morgan, 2016-17) ...ย broke UW's single-season record with 59 walks and led team with .339 average, .532 slugging percentage, .506 on-base percentage, 50 RBI and was second with 58 hits, 38 runs, 8 home runs and nine doubles ... also earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 Defensive team recognition ...ย Buster Posey Catcher of the Year Semifinalist andย Midseason Golden Spikes Award watch list ... named to UW's Dean List after 3.73 GPA in winter ... one of two Huskies to start all 52 games (48 C, 4 DH), and finished his junior year with 113 straight starts (107 at C, 4 at DH, 2 at LF) ... 16 multi-hit games (38 career), team-high 15 multi-RBI games, 17 multi-walk games ... reached base in 49 of 52 games, including 18-straight to end the season ... 103 career walks ranks tied for 8th all-time in UW history ... +31 walk to strikeout ratio (59/28) ...ย regular-season Pac-12 ranks: 2nd walks (59 - T6th nationally), 3rd ob% (.506 - 11th nationally), 11th RBI (50) ... led team and ranked 4th in the Conference with a .375 average in Pac-12 play ... was 3x8 with 2 doubles in season finale vs. Cal ... 1x9 with walks in each game at UCLAย ... was 4x12, 3 HR, 7 RBI 10 BB in 5-game homestand, May 8-13 ... 1x3, RBI vs. New Mexico State ... 3x7, 7 BB in Utah series, including first multi-homer game on Friday (2x3, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R) ... ย 2x12, 3 RBI vs. WSU ...ย 1x1, 2-run double, 3 BB vs. Seattle U on Tuesday ... 3x9 in ASU series with 6 BB and 3 RBI, all in GM2 ... had 10-game hit streak from Mar. 30-April 15 (17x37, .459 avg, 3 HR, 10 RBI) snapped in GM1 vs. BYU ย (0x9, BB total) ...ย recorded 5th 3-hit game Monday at Santa Clara (3x6, 2 RBI) ... 4x11, 2 BB at Stanford ... 4x9, 2 HR, 2B, 3 RBI at Arizona ...ย 5x12, HR, 5 RBI vs. OSU, including 4x5, HR and 3 RBI in series finale ...ย 2x5 with 3 RBI at Gonzaga ... 5x9 vs. USC with 5 BB, H, 4 RBI, including all 3 in UW's 3-2 win Sunday ...ย collected 3 hits twice at Oregon (6x10 overall, 5 BB)ย ... hit 10x20 with 11 RBI and 7 runs scored (.750 slg%, .625 ob%) during UW's 7-game win streak ...ย was 4x8, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R, 5 BB, HBP in Cal Poly series, where he moved up to 2nd in the batting order ... 5x8, HR, 8 RBI vs. N. Colo, including 2x2, 6 RBI, HR in 25-8 win ... 3x11 vs. UC Irvine, 3-run HR in season opening win ...ย Collegiate Baseball Preseason Third Team All-American.ย
2018 (Sophomore):ย 2018 All-Pac-12 Selection, Johnny Bench Award watch list ... was the only Husky to play and start in all 61 games (reached base safely in 54 games) ... hit .293, 6 home runs (all since May 12) and 37 RBI ... led team with 20 doubles and 31 walks (also 31 strikeouts)... caught 536 of a possible 553 (96.9%) innings behind the plate ... hit team-best .336 in Pac-12 play ... was 7th in the Pac-12 with 20 doubles (2nd most ever by a UW catcher, Dominic Woody, 22 in '99) ... was 9-for-32ย (.281) with two HR, eight RBI and team-high nine runs in post-season, including 2x7 in CWS ... was 1x3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs in season-finale vs. OSU ... 4 x12 vs. CS Fullerton, including 3 hits in GM1 and a HR in GM3 ...was 3x13 at Conway Regional, including a grand-slam HR and 2x5, 5 RBI game in win over Coastal Carolina ... was 3x9 vs. Stanford, hitting a 3-run, first-inning HR in the team's 4-2 series-clinching win in game two ...ย was 2x5, HR, 2B, career-high tying 5 RBI in series finale at Utah ...ย had streak of reaching base safely in 18-straight games snapped May 15 vs. Portland ... 3x12 vs. UCLA with first 2 homers of the year ...ย 1x11 at ASU wtih 3 BB and has reached base safely in 15-straight gamesย ... recorded 5th game with 3+ hits Tues at Seattle U (3x5, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI) ... hit .357 in April ... was 5x9 vs. WSU including 3 hits on Friday ...ย vs. Cal was 4x9, 4 R, only RBI was game-winner in 10th inning ...ย team-best 6x14 (.429) in Oregon series ... 2x4, 2B (11), RBI, 2 runs, including go-ahead run on MacIver HR in 5-3 win vs. Gonzaga ...ย 6x12 at USC and 1x3 at San Diego State ... 2x8 at OSU ...ย 3x11, 2B, RBI vs. Arizona ...ย 3x14, 3 2B vs. Ill St. ...ย 4x13 in DQ Classic ... hits in all 3 games vs. UC Riverside, including a career high 4x4 in series finale ... 1x4 with 2 RBI in series opener vs. Sacramento State, had 3 RBI in 4 starts.
2017 (Freshman): Led all UW freshmen with 29 starts (13 DH, 6 catcher, 10 left field) and 20 RBI and was voted Newcomer of the Year by teammatesย ... played in 34 overallย games, hitting .227/.325/.330 with two home runs, multi-RBIs in five games, multi-hits 6 times ... 3x6 in vs. ASU, including 3 RBI, 2 2Bs ...ย ย made 1st career startย in LF in series opener vs. Oregon State on April 13 ... was 1x4 in LA trip, including 1x3, RBI at LMU ... drove in 3 runs and had a RBI in at Oregon ... 2x5, RBI Mar. 22 at Gonzagaย ... 1x4, RBI in lone start vs. Utah ... missed 5 games in early April with hand injury ...ย hits in each of first five starts ...4x9, 4 runs, RBI in 3 games at St. Mary's ... incredible collegiate debut going 2x4 with a 3-run HR, 2B and 5 RBI in collegiate debut at Santa Clara on Feb. 19.
CHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOLย
Named Mission League MVP, First Team All-State, First Team CIF as a senior ... was 119th overall prospect nationally by Perfect Game ... named to the California Area Code team โฆ as a junior, hit .421 with 23 RBI and 2 home runs โฆ played in 23 games as a freshman and had a .370 batting averageโฆ defensively, committed no errors in three years on 94 chancesโฆ 2015 Perfect Game All American Third Teamโฆ made USA Baseball 17u National Team Development Programโฆ played summer ball for California Baseball Academy (CBA) Marucciโฆ team won the 2015 17u WWBA National Championshipโฆ named co-MVP of the tournament.
GETTING TO KNOW NICK KAHLE
Possible career pursuits outside baseball?
Either a phsyical therapist or a baseball agent.ย
Favorite Movies?
The Sandlot and American Sniper
What was your greatest baseball memory?
Winning the Mission league championship at my high school
Why do you love baseball?
Because I think it is the toughest sport to succeed in and there is nothing like the sound of the bat and pop of the glove.ย
Why did you choose Washington?
I choose Washington because of the great coaching staff along with the facilities and the opportunity of a respected education.
AJ Guerrero breaks the UW home run record ๐
Friday, May 23
Business trip to Omaha ๐ผโพ๏ธ #GoHuskies #baseball #pitcher
Wednesday, May 21
Washington 3, USC 1 | Huskies Highlights
Saturday, May 17
Washington 5, USC 3 | Huskies Highlights
Friday, May 16
